Best way to retrieve DHCP vendor specific options?
Somenath Bandyopadhyay <sbandyo@novell.com> Thu, 19 December 1996 21:31 UTC
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Subject: Best way to retrieve DHCP vendor specific options?
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Supposse there are 'n' number of DHCP servers in a DHCP
configuration and DHCP client has got its ip address allocated
from one of this DHCP server which does not send a vendor
specific option.
What is the best way to get such configuration information?
A DHCP request for DHCP option 55 ( Parameter Request
List ) which includes a vendor specific option may not be
answered by the DHCP server.
In short , how does a client know which DHCP server respond
to a specific DHCP option?
Does the spec say anything about this?
Is there a better way than
1. Request all DHCP servers for the specific option still
you are successful?
or 2. Just try to the primary DHCP server , if it does not
respond..fail it.
thanks, som.
- Best way to retrieve DHCP vendor specific options? Somenath Bandyopadhyay
- Re: Best way to retrieve DHCP vendor specific opt… Ted Lemon